by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Horticulture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,234 people earned their degree in horticulture, making the major the 218th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, horticulture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,708 and had an average of $18,440 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 604 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,120 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 horticulture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Horticulture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in horticulture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular horticulture programs in the United States.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Horticulture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree horticulture students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Horticulture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Pullman, Washington, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s horticulture degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Horticulture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in San Luis Obispo, California, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s horticulture degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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